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GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
... which will kick-off the implementation of the “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” programme. The programme, targeting 17 ... launch of this programme with AFD marks an important milestone for the Green Climate Fund. It demonstrates the immense ...
Article > Press release 
Jamaica Country Programme
Climate change is a major challenge for Jamaica. Experiences of increased drought conditions, ... However climate action requires massive transformation in our production methods and consumption ... impacts that we desire cannot be led by the public sector alone we need participation from the private sector and civil ...
Document > Country programme Jamaica
Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
... productive as the climate changes, having been developed for past climates. Hence, farming and food systems need to be transformed across the globe to build resilience to these climate impacts and meet the increasing demand for food by growing populations and cities. This need is ...
Document > Thematic brief
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
... and providing capital to businesses and companies for the sustainable use of ocean resources can considerably ... in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented with Pegasus Capital ... Brazil Colombia Comoros (the) Ecuador Fiji Guatemala Indonesia Jamaica Jordan Mexico Mozambique Panama Philippines ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
Home to the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change ... combination of increased temperatures and human-induced deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback loops. ... warmer and drier conditions will further result in forest degradation and loss of ecological functions, ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Building the capacities of key Sustainable Land Management stakeholders to mainstream climate change in Burundi, and updating the Country Programme
... support the realization of a study based on available information and extensive consultations to (i) characterize ... in Burundi and (ii) propose recommendations of action for decision makers to consistently address these issues at national level (with specific recommendations for the local level). In relation with the results of this ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
... JSC TBC Bank, the largest financial institution in Georgia, for a five-year accreditation term. This partnership will ... with the ambition to support TBC in designing a GCF project for a loan facility dedicated to energy transformation ... of the Accreditation Master Agreement is an important milestone in our partnership with the Green Climate Fund. This ...
Article > News update 
2021 Annual Performance Report for FP061: Integrated physical adaptation and community resilience through an enhanced direct access pilot in the public, private, and civil society sectors of three Eastern Caribbean small island developing states
This Annual Performance Report presents the overall implementation progress of the project including performance against GCF investment criteria, financial ... is subject to changes, if necessary. The cover date mentioned below denotes the last submission date of the Annual ...
Document > Annual Performance Report Multiple countries
Strengthening sectoral expertise and strategic framework to support the implementation of Climate Appropriate Portfolios of Tree Diversity (CAPTD) for productive and resilient landscapes and livelihoods in AFOLU across Burkina Faso (acronym R-CAPTD )
... lands as well as sustainable management of agricultural and forest landscapes. These targets include the restoration and ... of Climate Appropriate Portfolios of Tree Diversity (CAPTD) for productive and resilient landscapes and livelihoods in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... Report on the execution of the GCF administrative budget for 2023 GCF 2022 audited financial statements Report on the ... Reports from Board committees, panels and groups Performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel ... Facilitator’s summary of the second consultation meeting for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF/B.36/Inf.15 - Report on the execution of the 2023 administrative budget of GCF
This document provides information on the execution of the GCF 2023 administrative ... budget from 1 January to 30 April 2023, the budget approved for the second performance review of GCF from 10 June 2021 to 30 April 2023 ...
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Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... Building on this pilot, the proposed programme aims for the consolidation and gradual deployment of the ... than 2.68 million in highly vulnerable agro-ecological zones corresponding to the departments of Atacora, Alibori, ... assistance support as well as climate earmarked, performance-based grants – Performance-Based Climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... development pathways through climate responsive transformation of the national financial system with leveraging ... climate vulnerable country, the CCFF programme aims to transform the country’s state-owned bank – i.e., Agricultural ... overall to fulfill such an ambitious, significant purpose for Cambodia’s green leap, and to accelerate the climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Strengthening the technical and human capacities of the Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS) to meet the GCF requirements
... development and protection against climate change are therefore essential in the country, as set out in the National ... little international financial support and there is therefore an urgent need for accelerating the Gambia’s financial capacity to combat ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Debt for climate swaps: exploring avenues and opportunities
... Countries and Small Island Developing States. Debt-for-Climate Swaps (DFCS) are an agreement between a sovereign and its creditors ... The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is uniquely positioned to enable and facilitate DFCS transactions, at both the ...
Document > Working paper
FP037 - Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
... heavily impacted by increasingly severe tropical storms. For instance, the total economic impact of Cyclone Evan which hit Samoa in late 2012 was estimated at 40 ... aid the Government of Samoa enhance its capacities and information base to pursue an integrated approach to reducing ...
Project > Public sector Samoa 
FP113 - TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands
... The project targets eleven counties in two major climate zones which have devolved powers under Kenya’s new constitution. Building capacity and institutions for the improved implementation of devolution is seen as ... to develop evidence-based landscape planning. This will be done by increasing accessibility to climate data and ...
Project > Public sector Kenya 
SAP005 - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
... techniques with the tailored restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. Thus, the project will address current and future climate change impacts through three components focusing on restoration of degraded forest ecosystems, enhancing agricultural productivity and ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
SAP035 - Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize (BaC-SuF)
... varieties. Additionally, production operations will be transformed to be more climate-resilient, using planting and ...
Project > Public sector Belize 
FP250 - Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
... increasing pressure on its natural resources, including forests. Despite a logging ban in 2016, the nation has faced challenges in balancing forest conservation with farmers' sustainability and ... or fruits, as well as a variety of specialty products like honey, medicinal plants, mushrooms or silk. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
... and sanitation infrastructure. There is an urgent need for improved and expanded water and sanitation systems. ... The Facility will overcome the challenges with two main components: a public-private partnership structuring component ... Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 1085 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
... the ability of these communities to anticipate, prepare for and respond. This project aims to strengthen the ... to global and regional technical and operational support for these countries to develop comprehensive MHEWS, address ... Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), International ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
GCF Board’s USD 1 billion for climate projects signals increased climate finance ahead of COP29
... already operate in constrained fiscal space, GCF financing for these projects is grant-based, as is the case for ... an anchor investor into the Climaventures Fund. GCF is a pioneer public fund in using equity financing, with 12 per ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
Privacy statement
... accept e-mail requests from individuals about personal information held by GCF about them in addition to requests ... vexatious or frivolous, or where disclosure of the information might prejudice the privacy rights of another ... that have been made in this update will make it easier for you to understand how your personal data is used and the ...
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Areas of work
... with partners in the public and private sectors in efforts to mitigate the effects of the changing climate, and ...
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Resources
Resources for the SAP Dedicated templates and examples annexes for Concept Notes and full Funding Proposals have been developed for the SAP. These examples provide guidelines and may be ...
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GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
... Lennart Båge and Dr. Paul Oquist as its Co-Chairs for 2018, representing developed and developing countries ... approvals, the Board approved an additional USD 60 million for the implementation of the Readiness Programme to assist ... Mongolia with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) FP078 - USD 26 million for the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
The third annual GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) explored how to generate the ... and Beyond, and the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26). Investors at the third GCF Private Investment for ... Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia H.E. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
... Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia; Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize in Economics; ... Christina Figueres, Founder of Global Optimism and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary; Dear Participants and colleagues. ... solution. The recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis coincides with a pivotal time in the fight against climate ...
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GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
... Georg Borsting, Policy Director from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reiterated Norway’s recent announcement ... IPCC report warning of the dangers of a world that is one and a half degrees warmer. “Realizing the ... to be different, to be unique. We all fought for that.” One of those countries already buffeted by harsh climate ...
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